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>There is some (unintentional I'm sure) age bias even in the response of "stay relevant" as if the implication is that older devs don't do that as a matter of c

>There is some (unintentional I'm sure) age bias even in the response of "stay relevant" as if the implication is that older devs don't do that as a matter of course while younger ones do. Take two doctors. Both learned all their knowledge going through med school. Neither did anything else to stay relevant. One graduated 5 years ago, the other 25 years. Which is likely to have more relevant knowledge? Is it because they stayed relevant? No. It is because everyone has some learning period (be it through college or not), and on average older workers had that period longer ago than younger workers, so the relevancy bonus has decreased more. The longer since you had a significant learning period (the longer since you graduated school), the more you have to work to stay relevant. This isn't tied to age, only correlated because it is rarer for a younger person to have had their learning period (graduated) longer ago.

Retric 11y ago
Doctors spend a lot of time staying current. IMO, the real issue is you can't have 20 years of experience in a 10 year old technique. Which makes older workers seem like there asking for increased pay for irrelevant experience. However, there is more than one learning curve involved. Knowing Ruby or Objective C is only part of the story you also want someone that understands non technical pitfalls.
GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
Doctors tend to have to do quite a lot of re-certification and continuing education. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_medical_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_medical_education : n the United States, many states require CME for medical professionals to maintain their licenses. For example, Arizona requires an average of 40 hours of CME every two years.[4] For a complete list of requirements by state, see State Medical Licensure Requirements and Statistics, 2006. Within the United States, CME for physicians is regulated by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

Retric 11y ago

Doctors spend a lot of time staying current. IMO, the real issue is you can't have 20 years of experience in a 10 year old technique. Which makes older workers seem like there asking for increased pay for irrelevant experience. However, there is more than one learning curve involved. Knowing Ruby or Objective C is only part of the story you also want someone that understands non technical pitfalls.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago

Doctors tend to have to do quite a lot of re-certification and continuing education. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_medical_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_medical_education : n the United States, many states require CME for medical professionals to maintain their licenses. For example, Arizona requires an average of 40 hours of CME every two years.[4] For a complete list of requirements by state, see State Medical Licensure Requirements and Statistics, 2006. Within the United States, CME for physicians is regulated by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).